We are fortunate in our robust free enterprise system to have founders of companies, like Microsoft, willing to invest their accumulated wealth back into society, nationally and globally. The work of Bill and Melinda Gates, through the foundation, is to be commended.
In addition to her role as Co-Chair of the Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates serves in a variety of roles, including as a Director of the Washington Post. This past week she wrote an OpEd in that same publication, “Education Reform, one Classroom at a Time” about the $4.35 billion in stimulus funds for education, known as Race to the Top. There is no doubt that audacious reforms are necessary, but if it simply required another $4.35 billion to solve our education problems, then our schools would have been fixed decades ago. According to data Read the rest of this entry »
